Just in case you guys feel you are the only ones who are blogging on behalf of democracy this summer... I thought you might like to take a look at a recent blog post that came out of Iran, where ordinary housewives, citizens and even policemen are taking to the streets to call for reform [...]
Yesterday (Monday, June 15th), some Durham staffers and our Durham interns, Christina and Brian, headed over to the General Assembly in Raleigh to support a coalition called Together NC in demonstrating for wise state budget choices that do not ignore the needs of North Carolina's people. As you can see from the photos below, taken [...]
Week two of Democracy Summer entailed Young Democrat meetings, potato bread and trips to Fox Studio Charlotte. We began the week with a visit from our illustrious leader, Adam, for instruction on how to phone bank properly and schedule speaking engagements. With his guidance, America and I chatted our way to more than 25 commitments [...]
This week in greensboro we met with Former Chief Justice Henry Frye (an AGGIE Alum). Augustine, Adam and I had lunch at the Marriott with Justice Frye and although the food left much to be desired, we had a great conversation! Later on we attended a town hall meeting with Senator Don Vaughn . This [...]
EDITED FROM THURSDAY So today we had an extremely prestigious meeting with NC Supreme Court Chief Justice Henry E. Frye. That was truly amazing, I had met him before but in a meeting with others. This time it was a one-on-one meeting with him, I, Shae and Adam. When we got to the [...]
DURHAM: I can’t believe week two is almost over! Brian and I had a really productive week. We spoke at the Chapel Hill/Carrboro NAACP meeting last weekend, met with a group from Carol Woods Community Retirement on Tuesday, gave a presentation on voter-owned elections to the Chatham County Democratic Women on Wednesday, had our first [...]
One of the more challenging yet effective tactics for community mobilization is the phone bank. These days, most folks are used to communicating in more hi-tech fashion -- whether tweeting, emailing, facebooking, texting, etc. -- you know the deal. Caller ID, the transition from traditional land lines to cell phones, and righteous wariness of tele-marketers [...]
Hey ya''ll, So, it is week two and things are really starting to heat up (literally, there is still barely any air condition in this office and zero internet access..except on Sarah's computer..) We have made lots of progress this week setting up meetings, (we have a Senior Dem meeting Sunday), planning one of our [...]
This week has been interesting to say the least! Despite various technical difficulties (the internet continuously disconnecting & our 'phone banking' phones receiving no reception) we had a very productive week. Augustine and I finished our calls lists and setup a one-on-one with a prominent figure in Greensboro (details next week). Monday, our first day, [...]
Last week on Tuesday, our office finally got the chance to do some phone banking. Honestly, this has been something I have found fustrating but helpful at the same time. It is helping me become more patient, far more attentive to detail, and more focused on the issues at hand. But to me, I think [...]